King James Version
Ezekiel 21:2 in the King James Version says “Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Is...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,”
Ezekiel 21:2 · KJV
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“thy face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“toward Jerusalem”
H3389jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
“and drop”
H5197to ooze, i.e., distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
“thy word toward the holy places”
H4720a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of jehovah or of idols) or asylum
“and prophesy”
H5012to prophesy, i.e., speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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